put this together, it s extraordinary, it s heroic. it also took years to put this together and it was achievable because we built a force in syria called the syrian democratic forces with 60,000 syrians under arms to advise and enable our u.s. special forces. president trump is basically pulling all of those forces out of syria. we ve basically given up two-thirds of the territory that we were basically influencing to help fight isis. that s now under control of mostly russia and the assad regime. and we are sending in heavy armored mechanized units to guard oil fields. right. so, this is really important, because president trump says he s pulling forces out, bringing troops home. he says that to his rallies. but in fact, he sent 14,000 u.s. forces to the region since may, to the middle east. and now in syria, we re on track to have a more expensive, more manpower-intensive mission, ill-defined mission, than what was there before, really to guard oil fields rather than
will retain oil fields in northern syria. at the height of al-baghdadi s reign, these oil fields provided isis with the bulk of financial resources used to fund its terror. u.s. troops will remained position to deny access to those vital resources. we will respond with overwhelming military force to any group that threaten the safety of our forces they pay these oilfields also provide a (bobby) you re concerned that it s going to cost you money.ouble, critical source of funding to (ben) to this day, i only paid what i had to pay for the device. the sdf, which retains their when i go back, everything is covered. ability to hold isis prison camps and fight isis, among there s so much you re missing by not having hearing aids. other things. last week i was in brussels for the nato defense ministerial, (avo) we ll find you a hearing aid that fits your lifestyle and i spoke with our allies about the situation in syria. and your budget. at one of our 1,500 locations. i reiterated our commitm
arthel: president trump raises the point how russia hates isis as well. turkey and russia to get together and fight isis. but then eric just interviewed florida congressman michael walt recently and he said the congressman said, yes but russia doesn t have the full means that we do to contain isis so he feels that the u.s. should make sure their heavily involved in containing isis. it s absolutely true that containing isis is an international challenge. isis is all over the place. there in western africa, the philippines, afghanistan, there in the middle east, across the middle east, sweeper cells all over the place. they are foreign fighters who came in from russia and they have a problem in the caucasus
president trump announcing that turkey has agreed to a permanent cease-fire along its border with syria. the president also says he s lifting all sanctions against turkey. more than two weeks ago, they ll launch an assault against kurdish fighters who helped the u.s. fight isis. they moved and following the surprise decision to pull back u.s. troops from the area. california s largest utility announcing a second round of blackouts to prevent wildfires sparked by its equipment. pacific gas & electric began shutting off power this afternoon at 179,000 customers and northern california. the company says hot, dry winds are creating a high risk situation. southern california to shut off power to thousands of customers
this week may have been a turning point. that would create more bipartisanship. i think this was week that was a tough week for republican partisans. i think the combination of the mulvaney s admission, of the g-7 doral decision and nondecision or retraction and of syria, are creating this pattern of a presidency gone awry that is particularly difficult for republican base. evidence of a presidency gone awry. there s been quite a bit of that. especially since charlottesville. but for the base of the republican party which includes military families, this week was a horrendous week. this was a week when the u.s. government sacrificed a people in the middle east then undermined those people. those are people who happen helped us fight isis. undermined those people then lied about undermining them then embraced those people s attacker